Static electricity sparks
can be irritating and their cause sometimes seems mysterious. Most
people have encountered painful car-door sparks, as well as those
wintertime sparks from doorknobs and large metal objects. What causes
these? What can be done to stop them? and Which material can be charged
with static electricity?

Project
description
In this project you will design and build a mechanical or electronic
electroscope and use it to test which material can be charged by static
electricity.

Please note that static electricity is
very low in warm and high humidity environment. You may not be able to
observe and compare the static charge in different material if you live
in such areas.

Details
of this project
More details or support for this project is available at the
members section of ScienceProject.com web site. Material
needed for experiment or a science kit about this title may be
available at MiniScience.com.